better late than never....tribute to kirk.

i was watching the news the other night and there was a story on a guy from ladner who had been, a year previous, shot and killed by some people bent on revenge. the first picture i saw i thought, that guy looks familiar, then as they said his name and showed more pictures of him, i knew exactly who it was. kirk holifield, a former team mate of mine on the ladner beavers hockey team. a team i played on full time for a few years and subbed off and on for the last few years. he and i also played on a couple other teams together with the same core group of players.
kirk was a big man able to handle himself in any situation and if he needed to be tough on the ice, he could, but also was a guy with a huge heart and, while he and i never hung out outside of the rink, would do anything for you if he could. he used to always ask me if i went to in-n-out burger whenever i would return from roadtrips that took me anywhere near southern california. he loved the double-double and once told me he lived on in-n-out burgers whole on a weekend trip to vegas.he was a great team mate. i know he'll be missed by everyone who knew him. issy met him a few times and he always asked about her when we would play hockey.

here's the sun newspaper article on the shooting.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=c81d27ee-3253-49c8-9b6e-ca609adca11c

g. xo